TOP ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
Volunteer Training: All of those who volunteer at Centennial whether you volunteer with youth, A/V, coffee hour, ushering, hospitality, care volunteers, or plan to volunteer in the future, we want all of you to join! The deadline has passed to receive a Centennial Volunteer shirt, but you can still register. The sessions are:
Sunday, August 10th, 11:30am-12:30pm, SAP Campus. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, August 13th, 6pm-7pm, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, August 17th, 10:30am-11:30am, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
State Fair Park and Ride: We still have 18 volunteer slots open! Each year we are a part of the State Fair park and ride system. We are looking for 6 volunteers a day (4 on Sundays) from August 21st-September 1st to help run the parking lot to raise money for their prospective groups at Centennial. VIEW SIGN UP HERE! Questions? Contact Steve Rohde, srohde@centennialumc.org.
Sunday, August 10th, 11:30am-12:30pm, SAP Campus. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, August 13th, 6pm-7pm, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, August 17th, 10:30am-11:30am, RV Campus. REGISTER HERE
State Fair Park and Ride: We still have 18 volunteer slots open! Each year we are a part of the State Fair park and ride system. We are looking for 6 volunteers a day (4 on Sundays) from August 21st-September 1st to help run the parking lot to raise money for their prospective groups at Centennial. VIEW SIGN UP HERE! Questions? Contact Steve Rohde, srohde@centennialumc.org.
Compassion
All Church Picnic & Game Day Volunteers Needed: September 14th, 10am-12pm, Central Park Roseville. We are so excited to be having an all church picnic the Sunday after Welcome Sunday! This will be a great chance to build some community and have some fun, but we need volunteers to help make it happen. Sign up for a volunteer slot either at the connection point or online! To sign up online you will need a realm account so reach out to amcclintock@centennialumc.org or jandeson@centennialumc.org to get a log in.
Kids in Need Foundation 2025: The Compassion Team is sponsoring a fund drive for KIN July 20-Aug 10. KIN provides underserved schools with the supplies needed for teachers to teach and learners to learn. School supplies and resources matter because they represent belonging and ownership of a student’s education and a teacher’s career. Students will recognize that they have choices and to make choices for themselves and their futures. For teachers facing rooms full of students struggling to break the cycle of poverty, supplies level the playing field so all students are prepared to learn when the bell rings. Cash contributions bring the most “bang for the buck” for KIN so we are asking for cash contributions (make checks payable to CUMC with KIN in the memo). Thank you in advance for the support of this worthwhile project.
5th Sunday Worship & Service Project: Sunday August 31st is another 5th Sunday, which means we will be having a shortened worship service followed by a service project for EVERYONE to participate in. Our August project will be supporting MN Pocket Pet Rescue and we will be making cardboard mats for the animals. Start collecting your boxes you get from packages and bring them to church August 31st!
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Kids in Need Foundation 2025: The Compassion Team is sponsoring a fund drive for KIN July 20-Aug 10. KIN provides underserved schools with the supplies needed for teachers to teach and learners to learn. School supplies and resources matter because they represent belonging and ownership of a student’s education and a teacher’s career. Students will recognize that they have choices and to make choices for themselves and their futures. For teachers facing rooms full of students struggling to break the cycle of poverty, supplies level the playing field so all students are prepared to learn when the bell rings. Cash contributions bring the most “bang for the buck” for KIN so we are asking for cash contributions (make checks payable to CUMC with KIN in the memo). Thank you in advance for the support of this worthwhile project.
5th Sunday Worship & Service Project: Sunday August 31st is another 5th Sunday, which means we will be having a shortened worship service followed by a service project for EVERYONE to participate in. Our August project will be supporting MN Pocket Pet Rescue and we will be making cardboard mats for the animals. Start collecting your boxes you get from packages and bring them to church August 31st!
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Discipleship
Call for Life Together Group Leaders : At Centennial, we commit to walking alongside one another in our Christian faith - something that can be challenging in the rush of everyday life, but all the more important because of it. This fall, we'll kick off another round of Life Together Groups, and we're looking for a few volunteers to be a designated leader. Life Together Groups are a short-term, small group experience designed to deepen our faith through intentional listening, storytelling, and community.
Leaders would be asked to send out emails or texts to their group to remind folks know when and where the group is meeting, who is up on the schedule for sharing their story, and what guiding question(s) the group decided to focus on.
Life Together Groups are about more than simply getting together. As Tyler Sit writes in Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, "The goal of a Life Together Group is for people to practice loving each other, and that loving includes naming how God is showing up in people's lives. ... When we love each other, we learn how to love God; when we love God, we gain deeper capacity to love each other."
Each group meets weekly for about 6-8 weeks. At the first gathering, group members will create a shared covenant and choose one or two questions to guide their storytelling. Questions might include:
Fall groups will begin meeting in late September or October. If you could lead a group, please reach out to Pastor Jen, janderson@centennialumc.org.
Leaders would be asked to send out emails or texts to their group to remind folks know when and where the group is meeting, who is up on the schedule for sharing their story, and what guiding question(s) the group decided to focus on.
Life Together Groups are about more than simply getting together. As Tyler Sit writes in Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, "The goal of a Life Together Group is for people to practice loving each other, and that loving includes naming how God is showing up in people's lives. ... When we love each other, we learn how to love God; when we love God, we gain deeper capacity to love each other."
Each group meets weekly for about 6-8 weeks. At the first gathering, group members will create a shared covenant and choose one or two questions to guide their storytelling. Questions might include:
- When was the last time you felt truly alive?
- Who are you when you’re not busy?
- What could you do all day without getting tired of it?
- When have you experienced God’s presence most clearly?
- Where is God showing up in your life right now?
- What has your relationship with God looked like in different seasons of your life?
- Has your understanding of faith or church changed over time?
- What spiritual practices ground you or give you life?
Fall groups will begin meeting in late September or October. If you could lead a group, please reach out to Pastor Jen, janderson@centennialumc.org.
Bible Study at St. Anthony Park: *starting up again Fall 2025
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: *starting up again Fall 2025
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: *starting up again Fall 2025
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com
Justice
Join a Team to Serve (not cook) One Meal Each Month to Project Home: Centennial’s Compassion Team is starting to recruit and organize teams to serve noon and evening meals on weekends to families experiencing homelessness at Interfaith Action’s Project Home. Project home is currently located Provincial House by St. Catherine University in St. Paul. In the coming few months Project Home will relocate to Energy Park Drive between Lexington and Snelling Avenue. You can sign up as an individual or as a group of 4-6 adults and youth, Centennial’s Compassion Team will work with individual sign ups to create teams with the goal of getting to know people from both campuses. It is most helpful to Project Home if teams, once formed, designate a regular schedule for volunteering, such as “first Saturday noon of the month.” It’s not necessary, but it is helpful. Interest Sign up are at the connect center or you can contact Compassion Team Member Betty Gumbrell bettygumbrell@outlook.com
Want to get involved? Contact: Monique Lindquist moniquelindquist@gmail.com
Worship
Worship at Roseville Campus is at 9:00am | Worship at St. Anthony Park is at 10:30am
Preaching This Week: Rev. Lauren Rheingans
Preaching This Week: Rev. Lauren Rheingans
Current Sermon Series - Esther: For Such a Time as This: July 27th-August 10th. This series walks through the story of Esther.
Upcoming Sermon Series - Still Waters: Listening, Resting, Returning: August 17th-31st. After a season of stepping away to rest and listen, we return to community not with all the answers, but with deeper questions and clearer hearts. This short sermon series invites us to consider how God meets us in the quiet places, how rest renews us, and how we return to the world with new eyes.
Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of a star, Star Words are spiritual focus words often distributed to congregations on Epiphany Sunday. These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. [SIGN UP HERE] to receive prompts weekly for the year of 2025. If you did not receive a star word on January 5th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
or Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Upcoming Sermon Series - Still Waters: Listening, Resting, Returning: August 17th-31st. After a season of stepping away to rest and listen, we return to community not with all the answers, but with deeper questions and clearer hearts. This short sermon series invites us to consider how God meets us in the quiet places, how rest renews us, and how we return to the world with new eyes.
Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of a star, Star Words are spiritual focus words often distributed to congregations on Epiphany Sunday. These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. [SIGN UP HERE] to receive prompts weekly for the year of 2025. If you did not receive a star word on January 5th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
or Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Just like me vbs!
On Wednesday August 6th we wrapped up our 5-week vacation bible school! Kids explored Biblical stories of people who were able to change things for the better through garden themed fun! A special shout out to all the volunteers who helped make VBS possible this year!
COMMUNITY Info
Retirement of Julia Nordling: We are sharing the news that with deep gratitude and a bit of sadness, that Julia Nordling will be retiring after 19.5 years of dedicated service to Centennial UMC as our Parish Nurse. Her final day with us will be Thursday, August 28th. We’ll celebrate Julia’s ministry and offer our heartfelt thanks on Sunday, August 24, with a special time of fellowship and retirement cake during coffee hour following the Roseville worship service. If you would like to give a monetary gift, please designate in the memo.
Baptism for Gloria Bora!: Sunday, August 24th, 12pm, Location TBA. Join us for Gloria Bora’s baptism with at potluck! More details about parking and where exactly to go will be coming soon.
Exciting News: Welcoming Rev. Lauren Rheingans! We are thrilled to announce that Rev. Lauren Rheingans will be joining our team to lead and support our children and youth ministries! Lauren is an ordained Deacon in the Minnesota Conference of The United Methodist Church and has been worshipping with our St. Anthony Park campus while on family leave. Before that, she served as the Campus Ministry Director for the Wesley Foundation at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, bringing with her a deep love for nurturing faith in young people. Lauren comes with a wealth of experience, a passion for walking alongside kids, youth, families, and volunteers, and a strong commitment to the mission and values of The United Methodist Church. We are so grateful to welcome her into this role and look forward to all the ways God will work through her in the seasons ahead!
Baptism for Gloria Bora!: Sunday, August 24th, 12pm, Location TBA. Join us for Gloria Bora’s baptism with at potluck! More details about parking and where exactly to go will be coming soon.
Exciting News: Welcoming Rev. Lauren Rheingans! We are thrilled to announce that Rev. Lauren Rheingans will be joining our team to lead and support our children and youth ministries! Lauren is an ordained Deacon in the Minnesota Conference of The United Methodist Church and has been worshipping with our St. Anthony Park campus while on family leave. Before that, she served as the Campus Ministry Director for the Wesley Foundation at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, bringing with her a deep love for nurturing faith in young people. Lauren comes with a wealth of experience, a passion for walking alongside kids, youth, families, and volunteers, and a strong commitment to the mission and values of The United Methodist Church. We are so grateful to welcome her into this role and look forward to all the ways God will work through her in the seasons ahead!
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